Wine Industry News

  • U.S. Wines Grow 6% Off-Premise in October

    (Wines&Vines) - Off-premise sales of domestic wines this month dipped from their September level but surpassed October 2012 by 6%, according to IRI, the Chicago-based market research firm. Sales during the 52 weeks ending in October rose 7% compared to a year earlier. Domestic table wine and...
  • California 2013 vintage set to equal heights of 2012

    (Decanter) - California is heading for another strong vintage in 2013, according to producers, but some are concerned about tank capacity as the harvest draws to a close. California’s 4m-tonne grape crush from the 2012 harvest is set to be repeated this year, said Nat DiBuduo, president an...
  • NZ: Wine export prices look promising

    (MSN) - New Zealand's wine exporters are in for a period of higher prices as production of wine globally falls and demand rises, according to a report. Global wine production peaked in 2004 and continues to decline, according to a report on the global wine industry by Morgan Stanley. In 2012, pro...
  • 'Two Buck Chuck' CEO Says Don't Freak Out About Wine Shortage

    (HuffingtonPost) - If you are panicking about the possible impending global wine shortage, you can stop now. “No fear, Charles Shaw will not change,” Fred Franzia, the CEO of the company that makes the famous "Two Buck Chuck," told The Huffington Post Thursday. Franzia heads the Bronc...
  • How China Became the Wine World’s Most Unlikely Superpower

    (Time) - Start panicking. The global shortfall in wine is imminent. Or so it goes if you’ve been reading Morgan Stanley’s October report into the global wine industry, which suggests that the world is currently facing the deepest wine shortfall in nearly half a century as demand outstri...
  • Pernod aims to be world’s biggest in ‘premium’ wine

    (TDB) - Pernod Ricard has unveiled a new name for its priority wine brands which is designed to reflect the company’s ambitious vinous plans. Formerly called Premium Wine Brands, the multi-national’s wine portfolio now comes under the banner Pernod Ricard Winemakers, with the strapli...
  • US: Idaho Grape Harvest Nears Conclusion

    While vintners from the Willamette to the Okanagan valleys are forecasting a stellar vintage, growers in Idaho are looking back on a challenging season as harvest winds down. Conditions in Idaho mirrored those across the Northwest, but many locals considered them highly unusual for the region, thro...

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